GOVERNOR DOUGLAS A. DUCEY
ST ATE OF ARIZONA
EXECUTIV*E ORDER
Executive Order 2018-02
Internal Review of Administrative Rules; Moratorium to Promote Job Creation and Customer-Service­Oriented
Agencies
WHEREAS, burdensome regulations inhibit job growth and economic development; and
WHEREAS, job creators and entrepreneurs are especially hurt by red tape and regulations; and
WHEREAS, in 2015 the State of Arizona implemented a moratorium on all new regulatory rulemaking by State
agencies tln·ough executive order, and renewed the moratorium in 2016 and 2017; and
WHEREAS, in 2017 the State of Arizona eliminated or repealed 676 needless regulations; and
WHEREAS, estimates show these eliminations saved job creators more than $48 million in operating costs; and
WHEREAS, 161,000 private sector jobs have been added to Arizona since January 2015; and
WHEREAS, all government agencies of the State of Arizona should continue to promote customer-service­oriented
principles for the people that it serves; and
WHEREAS, each State agency shall continue a critical and comprehensive review of its administrative rules and
take action to reduce the regulatory burden, administrative delay, and legal uncertainty associated with government
regulation; and
WHEREAS, each State agency should evaluate its administrative rules using any available and reliable data and
perfo1mance metrics; and
WHEREAS, overly burdensome, antiquated, contradictory, redundant, and nonessential regulations should be
repealed; and
WHEREAS, Article 5, Section 4 of the Arizona Constitution and Title 41, Chapter 1, Article 1 of the Arizona
Revised Statutes vests the executive power of the State of Arizona in the Governor.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Douglas A. Ducey, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws
of the State of Arizona hereby declare the following:
Executive Order 2018-02
Page 2 of2
2. A State agency snbject to this Order, shall not conduct any rulemaking, whether infonnal or formal,
without the prior written approval of the Office of the Governor. In seeking approval, a State agency shall
address one or more of the following as justification for the rulemaking:
a. To fulfill an objective related to job creation, economic development, or economic expansion in this
State.
b. To reduce or ameliorate a regulatory burden while achieving the same regulatory objective.
c. To prevent a significant threat to the public health, peace or safety.
d. To avoid violating a court order or federal law that would result in sanctions by a federal court for
failure to conduct the rulemaking action.
e. To comply with a federal statutory or regulatory requirement if such compliance is related to a
condition for the receipt of federal funds or participation in any federal program.
f. To comply with a state statutory requirement.
g. To fulfill an obligation related to fees or any other action necessary to implement the State budget
that is certified by the Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting.
h. To promulgate a rule or other item that is exempt from Title 41, Chapter 6, Arizona Revised
Statutes, pursuant to section 41-1005, Arizona Revised Statutes.
i. To address matters pertaining to the control, mitigation, or eradication of waste, fraud, or abuse
within an agency or wasteful, fraudulent, or abusive activities perpetrated against an agency.
J. To eliminate rules that are antiquated, redundant or otherwise no longer necessary for the operation
of state govenunent.
3. A State agency subject to this Order, shall not publicize any directives, policy statements, documents or
forms on its website unless such are explicitly authorized by Arizona Revised Statutes or Arizona
Administrative Code.
4. A State agency subject to this Order, shall coordinate with the Office of Economic Opportunity to prepare a
statement of estimated regulatory costs analyzing the economic impact of agency rules, including an
analysis of the effort of such rules on the creation and retention of jobs within the State of Arizona.
5. A State agency subject to this Order, shall review the agency's rules related to license reciprocity and
identify opportunities to decrease burdens for qualified professionals who relocate to Arizona, whether
administrative or legislative, and report these opportunities to the office of the Governor no later than July
1,2018.
6. A State agency subject to this Order, shall review the agency's rules to identify opportunities for veterans
by recognizing the skills, credentials, and training received during military service in place of some or all of
the training requirements for a specific license, and include additional opportunities in the report to the
office of the Governor no later than July 1, 2018.
7. For the purposes of this Order, the term "State agencies," includes without limitation, all executive
depaiiments, agencies, offices, and all state boards and commissions, except for: (a) any State agency that
is headed by a single elected State official, (b) the Corporation Commission and ( c) ai1y board or
commission established by ballot measure during or after the November 1998 general election. Those State
Executive Order 2018-02
Page 3 of 3
agencies, boards and commissions excluded from this Order are strongly encouraged to voluntarily comply
with this Order in the context of their own rulemaking processes.
8. This Order does not confer any legal rights upon any persons and shall not be used as a basis for legal
challenges to rules, approvals, permits, licenses or other actions or to any inaction of a State agency. For
the purposes of this Order, "person," "rule," and "rulemaking" have the same meanings prescribed in
Arizona Revised Statutes Section 41-1001.
9. This Executive Order expires on December 31, 2018.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand caused to be
affixed the Great Seal of the State of Arizona.
i-r-•-~ GOVERNOR
DONE at the Capitol in Phoenix on this Twelfth day of February in
the Year Two Thousand and Eighteen and of the Independence of the
United States of America the Two Hundred and Thirty-Sixth.
ATTEST:
Secretary of State

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GOVERNOR DOUGLAS A. DUCEY
ST ATE OF ARIZONA
EXECUTIV*E ORDER
Executive Order 2018-02
Internal Review of Administrative Rules; Moratorium to Promote Job Creation and Customer-Service­Oriented
Agencies
WHEREAS, burdensome regulations inhibit job growth and economic development; and
WHEREAS, job creators and entrepreneurs are especially hurt by red tape and regulations; and
WHEREAS, in 2015 the State of Arizona implemented a moratorium on all new regulatory rulemaking by State
agencies tln·ough executive order, and renewed the moratorium in 2016 and 2017; and
WHEREAS, in 2017 the State of Arizona eliminated or repealed 676 needless regulations; and
WHEREAS, estimates show these eliminations saved job creators more than $48 million in operating costs; and
WHEREAS, 161,000 private sector jobs have been added to Arizona since January 2015; and
WHEREAS, all government agencies of the State of Arizona should continue to promote customer-service­oriented
principles for the people that it serves; and
WHEREAS, each State agency shall continue a critical and comprehensive review of its administrative rules and
take action to reduce the regulatory burden, administrative delay, and legal uncertainty associated with government
regulation; and
WHEREAS, each State agency should evaluate its administrative rules using any available and reliable data and
perfo1mance metrics; and
WHEREAS, overly burdensome, antiquated, contradictory, redundant, and nonessential regulations should be
repealed; and
WHEREAS, Article 5, Section 4 of the Arizona Constitution and Title 41, Chapter 1, Article 1 of the Arizona
Revised Statutes vests the executive power of the State of Arizona in the Governor.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Douglas A. Ducey, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws
of the State of Arizona hereby declare the following:
Executive Order 2018-02
Page 2 of2
2. A State agency snbject to this Order, shall not conduct any rulemaking, whether infonnal or formal,
without the prior written approval of the Office of the Governor. In seeking approval, a State agency shall
address one or more of the following as justification for the rulemaking:
a. To fulfill an objective related to job creation, economic development, or economic expansion in this
State.
b. To reduce or ameliorate a regulatory burden while achieving the same regulatory objective.
c. To prevent a significant threat to the public health, peace or safety.
d. To avoid violating a court order or federal law that would result in sanctions by a federal court for
failure to conduct the rulemaking action.
e. To comply with a federal statutory or regulatory requirement if such compliance is related to a
condition for the receipt of federal funds or participation in any federal program.
f. To comply with a state statutory requirement.
g. To fulfill an obligation related to fees or any other action necessary to implement the State budget
that is certified by the Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting.
h. To promulgate a rule or other item that is exempt from Title 41, Chapter 6, Arizona Revised
Statutes, pursuant to section 41-1005, Arizona Revised Statutes.
i. To address matters pertaining to the control, mitigation, or eradication of waste, fraud, or abuse
within an agency or wasteful, fraudulent, or abusive activities perpetrated against an agency.
J. To eliminate rules that are antiquated, redundant or otherwise no longer necessary for the operation
of state govenunent.
3. A State agency subject to this Order, shall not publicize any directives, policy statements, documents or
forms on its website unless such are explicitly authorized by Arizona Revised Statutes or Arizona
Administrative Code.
4. A State agency subject to this Order, shall coordinate with the Office of Economic Opportunity to prepare a
statement of estimated regulatory costs analyzing the economic impact of agency rules, including an
analysis of the effort of such rules on the creation and retention of jobs within the State of Arizona.
5. A State agency subject to this Order, shall review the agency's rules related to license reciprocity and
identify opportunities to decrease burdens for qualified professionals who relocate to Arizona, whether
administrative or legislative, and report these opportunities to the office of the Governor no later than July
1,2018.
6. A State agency subject to this Order, shall review the agency's rules to identify opportunities for veterans
by recognizing the skills, credentials, and training received during military service in place of some or all of
the training requirements for a specific license, and include additional opportunities in the report to the
office of the Governor no later than July 1, 2018.
7. For the purposes of this Order, the term "State agencies," includes without limitation, all executive
depaiiments, agencies, offices, and all state boards and commissions, except for: (a) any State agency that
is headed by a single elected State official, (b) the Corporation Commission and ( c) ai1y board or
commission established by ballot measure during or after the November 1998 general election. Those State
Executive Order 2018-02
Page 3 of 3
agencies, boards and commissions excluded from this Order are strongly encouraged to voluntarily comply
with this Order in the context of their own rulemaking processes.
8. This Order does not confer any legal rights upon any persons and shall not be used as a basis for legal
challenges to rules, approvals, permits, licenses or other actions or to any inaction of a State agency. For
the purposes of this Order, "person," "rule," and "rulemaking" have the same meanings prescribed in
Arizona Revised Statutes Section 41-1001.
9. This Executive Order expires on December 31, 2018.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand caused to be
affixed the Great Seal of the State of Arizona.
i-r-•-~ GOVERNOR
DONE at the Capitol in Phoenix on this Twelfth day of February in
the Year Two Thousand and Eighteen and of the Independence of the
United States of America the Two Hundred and Thirty-Sixth.
ATTEST:
Secretary of State